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• MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY
• OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY
• 'I'M MYSELF NOW': WHAT 'S LIKE TO E OUT AS GAY LATER LIFE
• WATSON RAIS PRI FLAG AS OPENLY GAY MAN
• OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON COM OUT AS GAY
• OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY AFTER 40 YEARS
• OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY MOVG OP-ED
• GAY MOSW · CY GUI
• GAY MOSW MOSW CY GUI

MAYOR JIM WATSON OFFICIALLY OUT AS GAY

(Judy Trh/CBC)Jt a day before Pri celebratns Ottawa officially kick off, Ottawa's Mayor Jim Watson has e out as an openly gay said on Saturday was time to share his secret wh the cy after 40 years of worryg about how his nstuents, iends and fay would react. "I've been thkg about for 40 years … I've known I was gay sce I was a teenager, " he said. "He said he chose to e out bee was "the right thg to do, " but wish he'd told everyone Jim Watson explas makg this cisnMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gayMayor Jim Watson officially reveals he's gay"My hope is … hopefully will make easier for some young people who are havg doubts about whether they should say anythg, " he said.

"Watson said he's the only openly gay mayor of a cy Ontar, and the first said the reactn to his announcement has been mostly Sabour, the chair of Capal Pri, said took a lot of urage for Watson to e out. Longtime Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson me out as gay a lumn the Ottawa Cizen on Saturday, wrg that the announcement was “better late than never.

OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY

There were virtually no rourc for LGBTQ stunts to seek guidance or help, he wrote, and he uldn’t remember ever meetg an openly gay stunt before llege. “My reluctance has not allowed me to live my life as full of love and adventure as my gay iends who were bolr and braver than I ever was. Read Story TranscriptKen Rk was heartened when he learned that Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson me out as gay at the age of 's a story Rk n relate to: he me out at 72.

"I've been thkg about for 40 years … I've known I was gay sce I was a teenager, " Watson wrote Saturday a lumn for the Ottawa Cizen. "Ken Rk me out as gay at the age of 72.

'I'M MYSELF NOW': WHAT 'S LIKE TO E OUT AS GAY LATER LIFE

(Jonathan Ore/CBC)Rk knew he was gay when he was a small child.

WATSON RAIS PRI FLAG AS OPENLY GAY MAN

He's a father of four, a grandfather of ne, and a great-grandfather of Jim Watson officially out as gayWatson rais Pri flag as openly gay man'I need you to know I'm gay'Rk vividly remembers his public g-out 2004: "It was ont of 28 people at Grace Uned Church Thornbury, [Ont., ]" he an earlier meetg, he had challenged the church to "make themselv more affirmg, more clive, " he said. "And a few people read to that [to mean], 'here's a guy who's gay. '"The church's mister, who Rk scribed as "my ctch throughout all of this, " asked if he was fortable wh havg an "terview" wh members of the raised the rabow flag over Ottawa Cy Hall Monday, markg his first Capal Pri event as an openly gay man.

"The first thg I did is, I stood up and said, 'I need you to know I'm gay.

OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON COM OUT AS GAY

Unlike Rk, she didn't know she was gay until later her life — but she scribed livg wh "a lot of rtlsns" that she uldn't expla. (Ivanoh Demers/Rad-Canada)Comg outA few days ahead of the 2019 Capal Pri Para, Watson penned a heartfelt lumn the Ottawa Cizen which he publicly acknowledged he was gay — and that he'd known he was gay sce he was a teenager. Watson rais Pri flag as openly gay man 'I'm myself now': What 's like to e out as gay later life While he wished he'd done so sooner, Watson said his hope now is that livg openly as a gay man will make easier on young people grapplg wh the same cisn.

OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY AFTER 40 YEARS

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OttawaOttawa police were lled after a neighbour noticed offensive language pated on the road outsi Mayor Jim Watson's Watson officially me out as gay 2 years agoOttawa Mayor Jim Watson at cy hall 2020.

On Sunday, police were lled to his neighbourhood after homophobic graffi was disvered on the road outsi his home. (Michel Aspirot/CBC)Ottawa police are vtigatg homophobic graffi on the road outsi Mayor Jim Watson's a Sunday afternoon statement, the mayor's prs secretary nfirmed three words were pated on the road and first noticed by a neighbour. —@OPSChiefSlolyThe cy was also asked to power wash the told CBC Rad's Ottawa Morng on Monday there will always be a very small percentage of people who spread hate, whether 's homophobic or on other grounds such as said Ottawa is tolerant and welg and he's felt fortable there before and after g out.

OTTAWA MAYOR JIM WATSON OUT AS GAY MOVG OP-ED

"I’m appalled by the news that homophobic graffi was wrten outsi Mayor <a href=">@JimWatsonOttawa</a>’s home. &mdash;@JtTWatson officially me out as a gay man Augt 2019, jt days before Pri celebratns kicked off the cy, sayg was "the right thg to do, " and he wished he had told people the time, he said was important to fally share  wh the cy after 40 years of worryg about how his nstuents, iends and fay would also mentned hearg people e homophobic slurs when speakg to him or talkg about the Pri, shown ridg on the Cy of Ottawa's float at the 2018 Pri para, officially me out as a gay man Augt 2019.

OttawaMayor Jim Watson raised the rabow flag over Ottawa Cy Hall Monday, markg his first Capal Pri event as an openly gay 's flag-raisg ceremony mayor's 1st Pri event sce g outOttawa Mayor Jim Watson, centre, wh his arm raised holdg the flag, me out as gay over the weekend.

(CBC News)Mayor Jim Watson raised the rabow flag over Ottawa Cy Hall Monday, markg his first Capal Pri event as an openly gay man. "This is my third-day anniversary as an openly gay man Ottawa, " Watson told the crowd at the flag-raisg ceremony. " Mayor Jim Watson officially out as gayThe ceremony at Cy Hall is one of many events schled for Capal Pri week, which kicked off Sunday.

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Cathere McKenney, an openly gay woman. "We are now a gay uc of two, " Watson joked.

After 40 years, Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson has e out as gay. Watson says he was spired to wre the lumn after he raised the pri flag at cy hall durg the 2014 Olympic Gam Rsia to show solidary wh LGBTQ athlet who feared the Rsian ernment’s views on homosexualy.

Liberal MP Rob Oliphant, who is openly gay, also posted on Twter about Watson’s bravery g out. In the lumn, Watson wr that his reluctance to e out about his sexualy prived him of livg a life “full of love and adventure” that his openly gay iends got to experience. Ottawa, Canada Mayor Jim Watson has e out as gay at age 58 an say the Ottawa Cizen.

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“My reluctance has not allowed me to live my life as full of love and adventure as my gay iends who were bolr and braver than I ever was, ” said Watson.

Most of my iends who are gay are que open about , and many are wonrful relatnships or, several s, married.

Always grac, strong and kd, ” he the lumn, Watson wr that his reluctance to e out about his sexualy prived him of livg a life “full of love and adventure” that his openly gay iends got to experience.